https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=8125540&GUID=F3C0381A-0E83-46E4-81F5-4C8A5F3B26B9Legistar15https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=8125540&GUID=F3C0381A-0E83-46E4-81F5-4C8A5F3B26B9F3C0381A-0E83-46E4-81F5-4C8A5F3B26B9-2026-07-10-17-04-45Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE ORDINANCE TO TEMPORARILY EXPAND AREA DESIGNATED FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A ZOO WHEREAS, in 1920, Edith Rockefeller McCormick donated approximately 83 acres of land to the Forest Preserves with a restrictive covenant, requiring that the land be “used and maintained in perpetuity by the [Forest Preserves] as a zoological garden[;]” and WHEREAS, the Forest Preserves added another 98 acres to be used for zoo purposes; and WHEREAS, in 1921, the Chicago Zoological Society (“CZS”) incorporated for the purpose of building, operating and maintaining what is now known as Brookfield Zoo Chicago (“Zoo”); and WHEREAS, in 1926, after a 1923 failed tax referendum, voters changed course, and approved a dedicated zoo tax leading to the official start of construction work and site grading; and WHEREAS, on 7/1/1934 , the Zoo opened its doors to the public; and WHEREAS, effective 4/8/1986, the Forest Preserves and CZS entered into an Agreement for the Maintenance and Operation of a Zoological Park on Lands of the Forest Preserve District (the “Main Operating AgreeFri, 10 Jul 2026 17:04:45 GMT